by Sarah Pearson | Dec 14, 2021 | History, In Print
The safety net in Concord would be frayed without organizations such as the Friendly Kitchen, which fed Concord’s hungry. The Friendly Kitchen began in the food pantries operated by the St. Vincent de Paul Society. In the late 1970s, Polly Bell of St. Peter’s Church...
by Sarah Pearson | Dec 14, 2021 | Home & Garden, In Print
By DAVID BROOKS For those of us who are lousy at thinking up Christmas presents for family and friends, the pandemic has a silver lining: Finally, we have a good excuse. Some stores have closed, we don’t feel safe shopping in person, supply chain snafus mean stuff...
by Eileen O’grady | Oct 13, 2021 | In Print
The first time Emelyne Adios wore kitenge fabric in a runway show, she fell in love. The New Hampshire fashion designer, who was in her early 20s at the time and working as a model in Burundi, was assigned to wear a jacket made from the vibrant African print fabric at...
by Around Concord | Oct 12, 2021 | In Print
As the economy improved, Concord School District confronted the long-simmering issues of high-school overcrowding and the 6-3-3 model of education that calls for six years of elementary school, three years of junior high, and three years of high school. In 1989, a...
by Jonathan Van Fleet | Oct 12, 2021 | In Print
Meet Emelyne Adios.She’s a 30-year-old fashion designer and health care worker from Burundi who runs her own small clothing business, Style by Emelyne.Her colorful clothes will be among the many things featured at this year’s Concord Multicultural Festival, held on...
by James W. Spain | Oct 12, 2021 | In Print
There is a time of year, a very special time. You retire to bed one night with thoughts of summer only to awaken to cool air, bountiful colors of foliage, the season’s last smell of cut hay and a distant fire burning. Summer has officially ended and the fall harvest...
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